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DismissedworkersofNakashinDavaoInternationalInc.setuptheirprotestcampoutsidethecompanyofficeinDavao
CityonThursday,April21.(Contributedphoto)
DAVAOCITYSackedworkersofJapaneseownedfrozenfood
exporterNakashinDavaoInternationalsetupaprotestcampoutside
thecompanysofficeinMalagamothereThursday,April21todemand
fortheirimmediatereinstatement.
Inastatement,CarloOlaloofKilusangMayoUnosaidNakashin
dismissed75workersonApril9,aftertheworkersrefusedtosigna
blankwaiverandquitclaimandtowritearesignationletterin
exchangeforP1,000.
Mostofthemhadworkedforthecompanyforthreetoeightyearsand
signingthewaiverandquitclaimwouldautomaticallycuttheirlength
ofservice,Olalosaid.
LesterMillado,presidentoftheNagkahiusangMamumuosaNakashin
(NAMANA)saidtheyupthecampbecausewerefusetobedupedby
themanagementseffortinforcingustosignthewaiverandquitclaim
inexchangeforourlengthofservice.
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Weshouldberegularworkersnowandyet,theywantustogobackto
zero,hesaid.
MilladosaidthattheyfiledacaseonDecember2015againstthe
companyforfailingtopaytheirServiceIncentiveLeave(SIL).
HesaidtheyweretoldbyanofficialoftheDepartmentofLaborand
Employmentwhowasassignedtofacilitatetheircasetojust
cooperateandacceptthemanagementsofferofsettlement.
Olalosaidthecompanymadetworoundsofillegaldismissals,the
firstinJanuarywhere15employeesweredismissedandthesecond
oneonApril9where75workersweredismissed.
utofthetotalworkforceofover300employees,Nakashinonlyhas
O
20regulars.,hesaid.
AlltherestareemployedbylaboragenciesDBSandWorkstation,
saidOlalo.
OlalosgroupcriticizedNakashinforthedismissalandaccusedthe
DOLEforcolludingwithcapitalistsinpressuringworkerstosign
waiversandquitclaims.
ThisisnotthefirsttimethataJapaneseownedcompanyhasdone
theexactsamethingtoitsworkers.Digosbasedbrickmaker
Nakayama(http://davaotoday.com/main/human
rights/japanesefirmworkersslamillegaldismissalof100
colleagues/)alsoimplementedthisdeceitfulschemetodisposeof
hundredsoftheirworkers,saidOlalo.
Olalosaidthedismissedworkersareassignedintasksconsidered
necessaryanddesirabletothebusinessincludingreceiving,
blanching,harvesting,researchanddevelopment,packing,boxing,and
coldstorageareas.
Theirjobsshouldnotbecontractedout,hesaid.Thegroupalso
blamedthegovernmentspolicyofallowingjobcontractualization.
Nakashinisanexporteroffrozenmangoesandpineappletothe
EuropeanandJapanesemarket.(davaotoday.com)
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